WALKERVILLE’S Craigie brothers Stephen and Sam clashed in the semi-finals of the latest event in the Pontins Businessland Under-21 Series.

The winner of the second event, and heading the 67-strong field with a points tally of 330, 17-year-old England international Stephen was never in trouble in his first three matches.

He defeated Robert Carlisle and Zak Richardson 3-0 and the talented Robbie Williams 3-1 with a series of runs topped by a 68, 85 and a terrific 118.

After running out a winner against Oliver Brown (3-0), Ryan Caustan (3-1) and Kristof Vermeiron (3-0), EASB national under-14s champion Sam (220pts) went all the way to the wire before losing 3-2 in the close-fought decider to his big brother.

Stephen then lost the nip-and-tuck final 3-1 to Cullompton’s cueman Sam Baird.

:: TOW Law’s ex-professional David Craggs proved the best of the region’s six challengers in the penultimate event of the Pontins International Open Series.

After receiving a first-round bye, Craggs had breaks of 86 and 70 but still had to struggle in his next two matches before emerging a 4-3 winner against Steve Rowlings and Patrick Einsle.

Playing more consistently and showing signs of coming into form, Craggs went on to reach the last eight after clocking up several runs in the 30s, 40s and 50s to beat Steve Weisby 4-2.

With the matches now the best of nine, another string of small runs – plus breaks of 68 and 80 – earned the Tow Law player a place in the semis after outscoring Gavin Lomax 5-3.

Standing between Craggs and a place in the decider was Leeds’ former professional Peter Lines who, after losing the opening two frames, responded well to clinch the next five and the match before losing 6-2 in the best-of-11 frame final to Jamie Jones.

The only other player to go past the second round was Stephen Craigie, who crashed out in the last 32 after having to suffer a 4-0 beating by Daniel Ward. However, he did gain his revenge for his earlier defeat by outscoring Sam Baird 4-0 in the last 64.

First-round casualties included Gary Wilson and Anthony Parson, who both played well below par and went down 4-2 to their respective opponents Adam Wichard and Anthony McGill.

John Astley shared the opening two frames of his first-round contest, but then lost the next three to Andrew Pagett.

Mark Livingstone received a walkover when his first-round opponent Stuart Wood failed to make an appearance, only to lose 4-3 in the last 64 to Andy Rogers.

:: STOCKTON Buffs’ Steve Healy ended the Planet Snooker Premier League season bottom of the table and without a win after losing his last match of the season 5-2 to fellow club member Michael Rhodes.

There were also no big breaks for Healy when he visited High Howdon SC to take on local cueman Andrew Cherry in the best-of-seven frame qualifying round of the EASB English Club Players Championship.

Healy dominated the first two frames 97-13, 85-16 with small runs of 32 and 39cl and 30 and 23, but then had to come from behind before scraping home 63 (41)-58 (30) on the final black.